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Proved equality of maximin and minimax values for finite two-person zero-sum games when mixed strategies are allowed, establishing the existence of an optimal game value.
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The record is von Neumann's sole-author 1928 Mathematische Annalen paper. It does not absorb later game-theory axiomatizations, Nash equilibrium for general noncooperative games, cooperative games or economic applications.
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John von Neumann
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von Neumann: minimax theorem for zero-sum games
Proved equality of maximin and minimax values for finite two-person zero-sum games when mixed strategies are allowed, establishing the existence of an optimal game value.
Scientific scope
The record is von Neumann's sole-author 1928 Mathematische Annalen paper. It does not absorb later game-theory axiomatizations, Nash equilibrium for general noncooperative games, cooperative games or economic applications.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
John von Neumann
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.